Gap junctions of the medial collateral ligament: Structure, distribution, associations and function

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Chi, Simon S ^a   Rattner, J B ^a   Sciore, Paul ^a   Boorman, Richard ^a   Lo, Ian K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Connexin; Desmosomes; Gap junctions; Ligament

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GAP JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POLARITY; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOSOMES; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 23344453616     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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